Analysing the Essentiality of Energy Storing Device in Integration and Non-integration of Thermoelectric Generator in Microgrid

The hike of sustainable, green, clear, efficient, predictable energy demand has been brought about much more attention for non-conventional power generation at an extraordinary and stimulated way. The fuel diversification, performance enhancement, greenhouse gas cut down, varying climatic fluctuation has been very helpful in introducing concept of Microgrid (MG) in domestic, industrial and utility level. The inclusion of Thermoelectric generator (TEG) in hybrid with solar PV system have been proved to be a challenging approach in implementing lower quantum efficient based Solar PV modules with proper utilization of light spectrum and hence deriving the significant amount of power from the module in a very reliable way. This proposed architecture provides power combining the photovoltaic effect and thermoelectric effect which focuses on mobilizing complete use of received solar irradiation by the modules. Three types of MG have been considered over here such as (a) Fuel Cell Technology-Solar PV incorporated conventional Microgrid (b) TEG-Solar PV incorporated Conventional Microgrid (c) TEG incorporated Solar PV based Microgrid. defining the necessity of employment of energy storage system (ESS). The superiority of proposed system is described and explained on the basis for being less complex for RE source incorporation, mitigation of the drawbacks and compactness of Fuel cell technology (FCT) coupling in field and real time analysis, supplying of significantly much more real power and absorbing quite less reactive power over the two conventional configuration. The whole study and entire configuration has been modelled, verified and analyzed in MATLAB/Simulink environment and the results are presented to support, verify and validate the analysis.